Sandra Keasberry, a spokeswoman for IKEA Singapore, said the company “has not made any purchases from the companies named in relation to the burning practices leading to the haze”. Readings of between focus and 50 indicate top notch be broadcast top quality, at the time of all those between 51 and 100 are cost-effective.
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The scale of the fires has reached a stage where emergency workers require better equipment, said Dr Sutopo, referring to the two amphibious planes that are purpose-built for fighting fires over sprawling landscapes.
According to the Indonesian National Institute of Aeronautics and Space, there are 1,687 forest fires burning on the giant island of Sumatra, that parallels the western coastline of Malaysia and surrounds Singapore, and in Kalimantan, a province on Borneo island.
“The damage this time when the haze finally runs its course is expected to be high”, said Euston Quah, a professor and head of the economics division at Nanyang Technological University in the city state, who has studied recent fires and plans to look again at all the affected countries, including Indonesia. Action by banks would mirror efforts by regional companies to clean up their act, after a consumer backlash against using palm oil in Europe and other developed economies. However, a spokesman for Kayung Agro Lestari said it was incorrect to refer to the company as an Australian company because only 0.01 per cent was owned by an Australian.
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered the Foreign Ministry to work closely with neighbouring countries to tackle the chronic haze problem gripping Southeast Asia. “We are ready to step up and do more to address challenges in the landscape”.
“If any suppliers are found to have intentionally burned land, we will disengage with them”.
APP was asked by Singapore’s National Environment Agency last month to supply information on its subsidiaries operating in Singapore and Indonesia, as well as measures taken by its suppliers to put out fires.
“One challenge is that farmers are still burning”, Rampangilei said. Wilmar also said it has seen “increased interest from the financial community on sustainability issues”, though obtaining loans or funding isn’t a concern. Both were arranged by DBS. The 2017 notes, sold to investors at par in 2012, are trading at 99.239, down from 101.189% at the start of the year.
“These are unnecessary overheads which affect the people financially”, he said in a statement here yesterday. The nation is the world’s biggest palm oil producer and the government predicts 33.5mn metric tonnes of production this year, doubling since 2007.
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“The haze crisis is nothing new and every year, Malaysia expects Indonesia to solve this problem, but Indonesia has failed to deal with it”.
